The 1952 Green Bay Packers season was their 34th season overall and their 32nd season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6–6 record under third-year head coach Gene Ronzani for a fourth-place finish in the National Conference in 1952. After climbing to a 6–3 record, the Packers lost their final three games, but the .500 record was their best since 1947.
The Packers played their Milwaukee home games in Marquette Stadium during this season only, after using Wisconsin State Fair Park from 1934 through 1951. The new County Stadium became the venue in 1953, and hosted the Milwaukee home games through 1994, when they were discontinued.
Head coach Ronzani was a Marquette University alumnus (1933) and won nine varsity letters in college.
Offseason
NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/club team14Babe ParilliQuarterbackKentucky215Billy HowtonWide receiverRice328Bobby DillonDefensive backTexas552Dave HannerDefensive tackleArkansas663Tom JohnsonDefensive tackleMichigan776Bill ReichardtFullbackIowa887Mel BecketCenterIndiana9100Deral TeteakLinebackerWisconsin10111Art KleinschmidtGuardTulane10116Bud RofflerBackWashington State11124Billy BurkhalterBackRice12135Bill WilsonTackleTexas13148Billy HairBackClemson14159Jack MorganTackleMichigan State15172Bobby Jack FloydFullbackTCU16183Johnny CoattaBackWisconsin17196Don PetersonBackMichigan18207Howard TisdaleTackleStephen F. Austin19220Johnny PontTackleMiami (OH)20231Chuck BoerioLinebackerIllinois21244Herb ZimmermanGuardTCU22255Karl KluckhohnEndColgate23268Frank KapralGuardMichigan State24279John SchuetznerEndSouth Carolina25292Charlie LaPraddTackleFlorida26303Charlie StokesTackleTennessee27316I. D. RussellBackSMU28327Billy BarrettBackNotre Dame29340Bill StrattonBackLewis30351Jack FulkersonTackleSouthern Miss
Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 28 Chicago Bears L 14–24 0–1 City Stadium 24,656 2 October 5 Washington Redskins W 35–20 1–1 Marquette Stadium 9,657 3 October 12 Los Angeles Rams L 28–30 1–2 Marquette Stadium 21,693 4 at Dallas Texans W 24–14 2–2 Cotton Bowl 14,000 5 October 26 Detroit Lions L 17–52 2–3 City Stadium 24,656 6 November 2 Philadelphia Eagles W 12–10 3–3 Marquette Stadium 10,149 7 November 9 at Chicago Bears W 41–28 4–3 Wrigley Field 41,751 8 November 16 at New York Giants W 17–3 5–3 Polo Grounds 26,723 9 November 23 Dallas Texans W 42–14 6–3 City Stadium 16,340 10 November 27 at Detroit Lions L 24–48 6–4 Briggs Stadium 39,101 11 December 7 at Los Angeles Rams L 27–45 6–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 49,822 12 December 14 at San Francisco 49ers L 14–24 6–6 Kezar Stadium 17,579 Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 7
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Standings
Roster 1952 Green Bay Packers final roster Quarterbacks Babe Parilli P Tobin Rote
Running backs Tony Canadeo Bobby Jack Floyd Billy Grimes Lindy Pearson Bill Reichardt K Breezy Reid
Receivers Carlton Elliott DE Billy Howton Jim Keane Bob Mann Offensive linemen Dick Afflis T Steve Dowden T Dick Logan G Jay Rhodemyre C Steve Ruzich G Wash Serini G/T Dave Stephenson G/C
Defensive linemen Ray Bray MG Bob Dees DT Dave Hanner DT/T Tom Johnson DT/T John Martinkovic DE Abner Wimberly DE Linebackers Hal Faverty OLB Bob Forte OLB Deral Teteak MLB
Defensive backs Bobby Dillon CB Marvin Johnson CB/S Ace Loomis CB Dan Sandifer S Clarence Self CB Reserve Fred Cone RB (IR) Dom Moselle S (IR) Howie Ruetz DT (IR) Len Szafaryn T (Military) Clayton Tonnemaker LB (Military)
Rookies in italics
References
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